Word: deal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...volleying crash of rapid fire and the reiterated drumming of the machine gun instilled in those men who had not yet acquired it the knowledge that war is not altogether a matter of files on parade. Not a great deal of battle thrill was given to any save men with a perfervid imagination; but the work of drill took on a new meaning, and the men began to see the reason of trenches in warfare...
There has been a great deal said about the tragedy of the thousands of brave men who have given up their lives for the perpetuation of an ideal. Yet there has been nothing said about the tragedy of those who have made no sacrifice...
Class Day may mean a great deal to men in memory for months to come...
Since the beginning of this, our war which has yet to see its first battle, and in which we have yet to suffer our first desolation, there has been a great deal of summons given to the spirit of '76, of '61, and of '98. That is very fine, and may arouse some latent patriotism in the hearts of men who are stirred by the brave deeds of the last as they are not stirred by the brave present...
...financial sense through this war, and perhaps the farmers, as a class, have prospered more than anybody, but many manufacturers also have prospered. In consequence, we have the largest pile of gold that the world ever saw, according to the statisticians, it being $3,600,000,000. A great deal of gold or gold paper is in the pockets of people all over the country and doing no good. The large banks, corporations, and capitalists are buying these bonds in large blocks, but, inasmuch as this is a democracy, every man having his say with the next, it behooves...